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The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
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assegai, 25

asset, 116

assize, 62

assoil, 10

astonish, 106

astound, 106

Atkin, 171

atlas, 6

atomy, 62

atout, 9

Atterbury, 172

Atwood, 172

auberge, 133, 164

Aubray, 174

Augensprosse, 99

auger, 113

avers, 143

avoirdupois, 143, n. 2

ayah, 26

Bacchus, 170

'baccy, 66

bacinet, 198

bachelor's buttons, 30

backgammon, 158

badaud, 108, n. 1

Bailey, 175

bailler, 108, n. 1

bait, 77, n.

baize, 119

Bakerloo, 66

bald, 38

bald-faced stag, 38

ballad, 152

ballet, 152

baluster, 60

ban, 72

banal, 73

bandore, 149

bandy, 109

banish, 72

Banister, 179

banister, 60

banlieue, 73

banjo, 149

bannal, 73, n.

banns, 72

Barclay, 145

Bardell, 171

Barker, 178

baron, 191

barracking, 13

bartisan, 14

Barton, 172

Bart's, 66

basilisk, 38

basnet, 156, 198

bastinado, 26, n. 2

battant neuf, 107

batter, 154

battledore, 132

Bauer, 160

bay, 108, 119

Bayard, 119

Bayliss, 175

bead, 74

beadroll, 74

beadsman, 74

beante, 108, n. 1

beat the bush, 108

Beaufoy, 170

Beaulieu, 123

beaupre, 128, n.

beaver, 155

bec-jaune, 96

bedlam, 61

Beecham, 169

beef-eater, 191

beejam, 96

beg, 193

begum, 157

belcher, 85

beldam, 85

belette, 91

belfry, 164

Bell, 170

Bella, 70

belladonna, 85

Bellows, 170

Bendigo, 190

benet, 45

bergamot, 157

bergeronnette, 34

bergomask, 157

Bert, 70

bess, 42

bet, 77, n.

bete a bon Dieu, 35

Betts, 172

betty, 42

bever, 124

beverage, 60

Bewsher, 85, n.

bey, 157

bezant, 49

bible, 86

biggin, 193

bike, 66

bilbo, 50

billiments, 66

Billingsgate, 48

billy-cock, 40

binnacle, 63

bird-lime, 200

Bishop, 175

biz, 67

black art, 130

blackguard, 84

Blood, 181

Blount, 181

bluff, 94, n.

Blundell, 181

blunderbuss, 127

Blunt, 181

Bob, 172

bobby, 45

bodice, 118

Bodkin, 171

boer, 84, n. 1

boite, 127

Boleyn, 173

bombasine, 96

bombast, 96

bona-fide, 4

Bone, 181

bonfire, 151

bonhomme, 80

bonne femme, 80

Bonner, 181

bonus, 4

boojum, 16

book, 86

Booker, 178

boom, 17

Boon, 170, 181

boor, 84

boot and saddle, 129

bordereau, 93

borel, 73

boss, 20

boudoir, 75

boulevard, 121

boussole, 127

boutique, 114

bouvreuil, 33

Bovril, 16

bowdlerise, 41

bower, 160

Bowery, 160, n. 2

bowie, 39

Bowser, 85, n.

Bowyer, 176

boycott, 41

Boyer, 176

Brabazon, 173

brand new, 107

brandy, 68

branks, 8

brasse, 87

Brazil, 51

breeches, 117

breeks, 117

Brett, 173

Brewer, 182

briar, 165

bridal, 121

Bridges, 173

brig, 67

brigantine, 67

brisk, 63, n. 2

Bristow, 173

Britton, 173, n. 2

Brock, 180

Broderer, 178

broker, 150

bronze, 48

brooch, 151, 202

brose, 118

brougham, 39

Bruin, 36

Brunel, 181

buccaneer, 61, n.

Buechse, 127

Buchstabe, 86

buck, 150

Buckhurst Holt, 135

budget, 88

bugle, 69

Bull, 181

Bullen, 173

bulwark, 121

buncombe, 48

bungalow, 94, n.

bunkum, 48

burden, 157

bureau, 73

burgonet, 199

Burgoyne, 173

Burke, 41

Bursche, 94

bus, 69

bushes, 127

butcher, 150

buttery, 165

buxom, 82

Bythesea, 172

cab, 66

cabal, 192

cabbage, 153

caboche, 153

cad, 66

caddie, 66

cadge, 193

Caesar, 175

Caffyn, 181

cage, 109

cahier, 146

caitiff, 139

cajole, 109

calculation, 87

calendar, 159

calender, 159

calfater, 201

Caliban, 132

callant, 68

calumet, 24

Calvert, 179

cambric, 47

Cambridge, 193

camomile, 32

canary, 51

cancel, 88

cancer, 35

canif, 55

canker, 35

cannibal, 132

canter, 68

canvass, 72

cape, 26

Capel Court, 152

capestro, 67

capot, 102

captain, 139

captive, 139

carat, 21

Carew, 123

Carfax, 122, n. 2

cargo, 142

cark, 142

carmine, 147

carnell, 202

carol, 152

carousal, 166

carouse, 166

cartridge, 61

case, 157

cash, 157

cashier, 18, 157

cashmere, 47

casket, 140

cass, 157

cast, 157

caste, 26

catch, 143

catchpole, 165

cate, 62

cater, 63

caterpillar, 33

catkin, 33

Catonet, 41

Cator, 62

cattle, 143

caucus, 13

caudle, 7

cauliflower, 153

caulk, 200

causeway, 125

caveat, 4

cavestrolo, 67

cavie, 109

celandine, 30

cercueil, 140

cerf-volant, 38

cervelas, 136

chabouk, 26

chaise, 116, n. 2

Challen, 173

Challis, 173

Chaloner, 177

chamberlain, 90

chambree, 94

chameleon, 32

Champain, 173

Champneys, 174

chancel, 88

chancellor, 88

chancery, 165

Chaney, 174

Chantecler, 36

chap, 67

chapeau, 26

chapel, 26, 152

chaperon, 27

chaplet, 26

Chapman, 175

chapman, 67

chare, 2

charge, 142

charwoman, 2

chase, 143, 157

Chater, 143

chaton, 33

chattel, 143

Chaucer, 175

chauvin, 13

chawbuck, 26

Chawner, 177

Chaworth, 173

cheat, 84

check, 87, 120

cheer, 135

chelidonium, 30

chenapan, 55

Chenevix, 174, n. 2

chenille, 33

cheptel, 143

cheque, 89

chequer, 87

chercher, 57

cherry, 116

Chesney, 174

chess, 120

Chesterfield, 40

cheval-de-frise, 47, n. 1

chevalet, 39

chevaucher, 66

chewet, 37

chieftain, 139

chime, 8

Chinee, 116

Chippendale, 40

Chipping, 67, n.

chit, 96

chore, 2

chortle, 16

chou, 153

choucroute, 129

chouse, 189

chuet, 37

chum, 94

churl, 84

cinch, 24

cinematograph, 11

cipher, 147

cit, 66

citizen, 122

Clark, 145

Claude, 45

claymore, 132

Cleaver, 178

clerk, 145

clothes-horse, 39

clove, 91

club, 78

cobalt, 44

Cobbett, 171

cobra, 26

cockney, 186

cocoa, 23

cocoa-nut, 23

coffer, 140

Coffin, 181

coffin, 140

cognovit, 4

colander, 154

Colas, 45

cole, 153

Collet, 170

colon, 6

colonel, 58

Coltman, 177

colza, 153

comadreja, 92

comma, 6

commere, 94

companion, 93, 165

compassion, 2

compere, 94

complex, 4

compound, 157

comptroller, 88

comrade, 94

connect, 105

constable, 89

controle, 88

controller, 88

Conyers, 173

coon, 64

cooper, 81, n.

coopering, 67

cordonnier, 128

cordwainer, 128

corne, 117

Corner, 177

Cornwall, 151

Cornwallis, 174

corp, 116

corsair, 22

costermonger, 63, n. 1

couleuvre, 7

counterpane, 137

counterpoint, 137

court-card, 129

Coward, 181

coward, 36

cowslip, 30

cozen, 110

crack, 67

cracovienne, 50

crane, 38

crane's bill, 29

cratch, 8

cravat, 48

crayfish, 125

credence table, 123

crestfallen, 108

cretin, 45

crew, 64

Cri, 66

crimson, 147

crinoline, 137

Crocker, 178

Croker, 178

crowd, 176

crowfoot, 29

Crowther, 176

crosier, 164

cubit, 87

Cuddy, 36

cuddy, 165

cuirass, 161

Cullen, 173

cullis, 154

culverin, 7, 38

culvert, 203

cummer, 92, 95

curee, 161

curmudgeon, 201

currant, 49

curry, 95

curry favour, 131

curtal axe, 126

Curtis, 181

cushion, 169, n.

cuss, 68

Custance, 171

custodia, 103

cutlass, 60, 126

cutler, 126

cutlet, 126

dada, 91

dado, 142

daffadowndilly, 71

daffodil, 71

Daft, 183

Dago, 45

dahlia, 31

dainty, 139

dairy, 165

dais, 139

daisy, 29

Dalmain, 174

Dalziel, 195

dam, 120, 142

damask, 47

dame, 142

dame-jeanne, 44

Dampier, 173

damson, 49

Dance, 181

dandelion, 30

dandy, 45

Dangerfield, 175

Danvers, 174

dapper, 80

dapple-gray, 71

darbies, 40

Darblay, 174

Darby, 145

Daubeney, 174

dauphin, 34

Daus, 109

davier, 42

davit, 42

Dawnay, 174

Day, 165

day-woman, 165

de, 61, 131

dead men's fingers, 30

Debbyhouse, 175, n. 1

debenture, 5

decoy, 109

Dedman, 181

dejeuner, 148

delf, 48

deliberate, 1

delight, 122, n. 1

demijohn, 44

demure, 101

denizen, 122

Dennis, 170

Denry, 70

Depew, 8

derive, 55

derrick, 40

derring-do, 15

derringer, 39

desk, 139

deuce, 109

Deus, 188

Devereux, 174

Dexter, 176

dexterity, 3

di, 8

diablotin, 171

diane, 10

diaper, 52

dice, 142

Dick, 172

dickens, 44

dicky bird, 37

die, 142

Dietrich, 42

Digg, 172

digit, 87

dimity, 149

dinde, 52

dindon, 52

diner, 148

diocese, 150

dirge, 5

dirk, 20

dirk, 42

Dirne, 82

disaster, 106

disc, 139

dish, 139

dishevelled, 135

disk, 139

dismal, 8

Disney, 174

ditto, 153

ditty, 153

Dob, 172

Dobbin, 91

docket, 93

dodo, 33

dogma, 6

doily, 40

Dolman, 174

doll, 43

dollar, 49

dominie, 5

domino, 102, 191

Dompfaffe, 34

donah, 142

doninha, 92

donkey engine, 38

donna, 142

donnola, 92

do re me fa sol la si, 7

dornick, 47

dote, 80

dotterel, 33

dowlas, 48

Drachen, 38

dragon, 38

dragoon, 38

Drakensberg, 31

dram, 87

drat, 65

draught, 120

drawing-room, 65

drill, 148

drilling, 148

Drinkwater, 180

dropsy, 61

drub, 26, n. 2

Druce, 173

drugget, 52

Dubberley, 174

ducat, 49

duenna, 142

duffel, 48

Duke, 175

dummer Peter, Michel, 45

dunce, 45

Dupuy, 8

Durbeyfield, 175

Durward, 179

duty, 11

Duverney, 174, n.. 1

D.V., 4

dyrk, 42

eager, 80

earnest, 119

easel, 18, 39

echouer, 97

ecouvillon, 43

ecrou, 93, n.

ecurie, 135

ecuyer, 135

effendi, 22

Eisenhut, 29

eke, 114

elbow, 87

ell, 87

Eltern, 92

embarrass, 106

emir, 148

Emmot, 36

employ, 105

endeavour, 11

ensign, 128

epitome, 6

equerry, 134

'Erb, 70

ermine, 48

errant, 83

Erz-, 83

escabeau, 107

escheat, 84

eschew, 64

esquire, 64, 135

etch, 18, 133

etincelle, 59

ewer, 115

example, 64

exchequer, 87

excise, 134

exeat, 4

exit, 4

expression, 105

eyas, 114

eyre, 83

faire la noce, 95

Fairfax, 181

fairy, 77, 92

falconet, 38

faldstool, 141

fane, 58

farce, 93

Farrar, 176

farrier, 176

farthingale, 137

Fata Morgana, 77

Faulkner, 176

fauteuil, 141

Fauvel, 131, 192, n.

fay, 77

feckless, 12

fed up, 96

fee, 143

feeble, 58

fellow-feeling, 2

felon, 24

fence, 64

fender, 64

ferret, 33, 149

Ferrier, 176

ferrule, 167

ferule, 167

fetish, 26

feverfew, 30

fiat, 4

filbert, 35

filibuster, 61

fille, 82

fire-new, 107

firkin, 21, n. 2

Fitch, 180

fives, 10

flail, 58

flawn, 136, n.

fleingall, 202

Fletcher, 176

floret, 150

florin, 49

flounce, 60

flour, 144

flower, 144

foil, 196

foist, 107, n.

folio, 6

fond, 80

foot, 86

footpad, 167

force-meat, 93

foreign, 122

forget-me-not, 30

forlorn hope, 18, 129

Forster, 176

Foster, 176

fou, 80

fouet, 129

Frauenzimmer, 94

fragile, 139

frail, 58, 139

freebooter, 61

fret, 133

fretwork, 133

frieze, 47

fritter, 154

Frobisher, 177

froncle, 25

frontispiece, 82, n. 1

frounce, 60

fruiterer, 63

fuchsia, 31

fugleman, 59

Fuller, 178

funkelnagelneu, 107

furlong, 87

furlough, 18

furoncle, 25

fusee, 198

fusil, 198

fustian, 47, 96

fustian-anapes, 46

fusty, 107

Galvanism, 40

gambit, 158

gamboge, 51

game, 158

gammon, 158

gammy, 158

gamut, 6

gantlope, 130

gaol, 109

garage, 125

garble, 21, 72

garce, 82

garibaldi, 39

garret, 104

Garrett, 171

gas, 16

Gascoyne, 173

Gaskin, 173

gaufre, 78

Gaunt, 173

gauntlet, 130

geezer, 12

gefallen, 109

geindre, 187

Gelbschnabel, 96

Geld, 142

generous, 3

geneva, 68

genius, 4

gent, 66

geranium, 30

gerben, 95

gerfaut, 121, n.

Geschenk, 91

Geselle, 94

Gevatter, 95

Gewehr, 64, n.

Gibbon, 172

Gift, 91

gift horse, 97

Gilbey, 171

Gillott, 170

gilly-flower, 125

gimbals, 144

gimmal, 144

gin, 65, 68

gindre, 187

gingham, 52

gist, 10

glai, 132

glaive, 132

glamour, 13, 60, 145

gleek, 102

gloss, 155

gloze, 155

Godbehere, 170

goffer, 78

Gogs, 65

gonfalon, 57

Goodbeer, 170

Goodenough, 170

Goodeve, 171

Goodlake, 171

Goodrich, 171

gorilla, 27

goshawk, 153

Gosling, 180

Gosse, 180

gossip, 94

Gotobed, 170

goupil, 35

graft, 111

grail, 13

grain, 87

gramarye, 146

grampus, 33

Grant, 181

Great Orme, 99, n.

Grecian steps, 118

Greenfield, 175

greengage, 32

greenhorn, 95

Greenhow, 135

Greenman, 181

greyhound, 135

grief, 122

grimaldello, 42

grimalkin, 43

grimoire, 146

grize, 118

grocer, 175

grog, 68

grogram, 56, n., 68

gross, 175, n. 3

grotesque, 141, n.

guerite, 103

guillotine, 170

guinea, 51

guinea-fowl, 51

guinea-pig, 32, 51

guitar, 149

guts, 84

guy, 45

Habeas Corpus, 125

hack, 66

hackbut, 127

Hackett, 171

hag, 109

haggard, 108

haggis, 37, n.

Hahnenfuss, 29

Haig, 179, n.

half a mo', 66

halibut, 35

Hammond, 171

hand, 87

hand of glory, 131

hangar, 125

Hannay, 174

Hannibal, 170

Hansom, 56, n.

hansom, 53, n.

Hanway, 173

harangue, 23, 55

harbinger, 2, 90, 164

harbour, 2, 133, 164

harry, 2

Harvey, 171

hatchell, 12

hatchment, 136

hauberk, 164

Haunce, 174

haut, 132

haversack, 18, n.

'haviour, 66

hawse, 164, n.

Hawtrey, 173

Hay, 179, n.

Hayward, 179

hearse, 75

heart's ease, 30

heckle, 12

hempie, 67

Herd, 179

Hereford, 2

herrisch, 92, n. 2

Hewett, 171

Hewlett, 171

Hibbert, 171

hiccough, 125

Hick, 172

Hig, 172

hinterland, 14

hippopotamus, 32

Hitch, 172

Hob, 172

hobby, 91

hobgoblin, 37

Hobson's choice, 192

Hochzeit, 95

hock, 68

Hoggart, 179

holland, 47

hollyhock, 35

homely, 81

Homer, 176

homespun, 73

homme, 55

Honeyball, 170

honeysuckle, 99

honte, 55

Hood, 172

hooligan, 12

Horner, 177

horse-coper, 67

host, 2, 158

Howard, 179

Howitt, 171

Hudson, 172

Huggin, 171

Huguenot, 203

humble pie, 113

hunks, 82

hurly-burly, 70, 189

hussar, 22

hussy, 82

Hutchin, 171

Ib, 70

Ibbotson, 172

ill-starred, 106

imp, 111

indenture, 89

index, 4

Indian corn, 52

Indian ink, 52

indigo, 51

infantry, 76

innuendo, 3

inoculate, 112

insult, 3

interfere, 106

inure, 159

inveigle, 110

invoice, 118

Irrgarten, 63

isinglass, 137

item, 4

jack, 42, 44

jackanapes, 45

jackass, 37

jackdaw, 37

jacket, 44

Janaway, 174

jaquette, 37

Jarvey, 41

jaunty, 127

jean, 47

jemmy, 42

Jenner, 176

jenneting, 121

Jenny wren, 37

jeopardy, 108

jesses, 120

Jessop, 171

jest, 74

jilt, 46

jingo, 13

jockey, 45, 111

Johannisapfel, 121

jolis fous, 129

Joenkoeping, 67, n.

jonquil, 153

joss, 27

journeyman, 106, 165

jovial, 106

jug, 43

Juggins, 43, n.

jumble, 144

junket, 153

Juette, 42

Kafir, 26, n. 1

kail, 153

Kanzel, 88

Kapelle, 152

Kemp, 176

kennel, 158

kerseymere, 47

kestrel, 100

kickshaws, 116

Kiddier, 176

kidnap, 110

kilderkin, 21

kilt, 19

kimmer, 95

King, 175

kirtle, 150

Kisser, 178

kit, 149

kitcat, 42

kite, 38

kittle, 59

Kjoebenhavn, 67, n.

kjoenne, 92

Klaus, 42

kloof, 91

knapsack, 18

knave, 55

Knecht, 84

knickerbockers, 44

knight, 84

Knoblauch, 91

Kohl, 153

kooi, 109

kraal, 25

laager, 18

label, 93

Labouchere, 178

lace, 24

lacrosse, 164

lady-bird, 35

lady's bedstraw, 35

lady's garter, 35

lady's slipper, 35

Lambert, 179

Lambertsnuss, 35

lampoon, 9

lancegay, 25

Lander, 178

landier, 115

landscape, 18

Langlois, 115

lanterloo, 69

larboard, 121

larder, 165

lariat, 24, 115

Larkin, 171

larkspur, 29

Laerm, 115

larrikin, 12, 190

larum, 115

lasso, 24

lateen, 51

Latimer, 177

Launay, 174

Launder, 178

lavandiere, 34

lawn, 47

lay-figure, 18, 166

leaguer, 18

leech, 155

legend, 3

Leggatt, 171

lemon, 160

lemon sole, 160

lettuce, 119

level, 58

levier, 115

Levick, 115, 175, n. 2

levre, 117

Lhuissier, 90, n., 115

libel, 42

liber, 86

liebaeugeln, 110

lierre, 115

Lilywhite, 180

limb, 98

limbeck, 63

limbo, 5

lime, 56

Limehouse, 48

limner, 63

linden, 56

Lindwurm, 99, n.

lingot, 115

liquorice, 137

list, 93

Lister, 176

little Mary, 43

littoral, 14

Liverpool, 56

livery, 77

lobelia, 31

locomotor ataxy, 125

lockram, 48

Loftus, 170

Lombard, 56

lone, 62

'longing, 66

loo, 69

lords and ladies, 30

Lorimer, 177

Loring, 174

Loveday, 172

love in a mist, 30

Lovell, 171

Lowell, 171

Loewenmaul, 30

Loewenzahn, 30

L. s. d., 4

Lubbock, 173

lucifer, 4

Luck, 173

lucus, 184

lugger, 101

lugsail, 101

lumber-room, 76

Luemmel, 96, n.

luncheon, 124

lupus, 35

Lush, 90, n.

Lusher, 90, n.

lutestring, 128

Lyndhurst, 56

Mabel, 58

macadamise, 41

Mackenzie, 195

mackintosh, 39

Macnab, 19, n.

Macpherson, 19, n.

Madeira, 51

madge owl, 37

madonna, 142

magazine, 93

magenta, 39, n.

maggot, 59

magnet, 48

magnolia, 31

magpie, 37

mailed fist, 156

main de gloire, 131

Mainwaring, 169

majolica, 48

Malins, 173

malkin, 42

Mall, 166, n. 2

malmsey, 51

Malthus, 170

malvoisie, 51

mammet, 43

manant, 150

mandarin, 27

mandoline, 149

manger, 8

mangle, 140

mangonel, 140

Mann, 173

manner, 158

man[oe]uvre, 159

manor, 9

Mansell, 173

mansworn, 15, n. 1

manual, 3

manure, 159

marabout, 147

maravedi, 147

marble, 69

marchand des quatre saisons, 63, n.

Marchant, 145

Marienkaefer, 35

marionnette, 43

marmalade, 31

Marner, 176

marquee, 116

Marriot, 36

marshal, 89

Marshalsea, 90

marsouin, 32

Martello tower, 60

martin, 37

martinet, 192

martin-pecheur, 37

mascot, 13

mask, 145

masnadiere, 151

Massinger, 177

masterpiece, 106

match, 8

mate, 93

matelot, 93

Maud, 70

maudlin, 61

maul, 166

Maulbeere, 58

maul-stick, 166

maxim, 39

maximum, 4

Mayhew, 171

Mayne, 173

mayor, 153

maze, 63

mazurka, 49

mediastinus, 92

Meerschwein, 32

Meerschweinchen, 51

megrims, 35

meiny, 151

melon, 31

menage, 151

menagerie, 151

mend, 62

menetrier, 76

menial, 151

Menzies, 195

merchant, 67

mercurial, 106

merino, 153

Merryweather, 180

mesmerism, 40

mess, 93

messer, 92

messmate, 93

metal, 144

metier, 160

mettle, 144

mews, 120

miasma, 6

Middlemas, 172

milliner, 48

miniature, 81

minstrel, 76

mint, 142

minx, 82

miscreant, 127

miser, 4

misnomer, 9

miss, 160, n. 1

mister, 160

mistery, 159

mizen, 9

mob, 66

Mohock, 12

moidore, 142

moineau, 34

money, 141

monkey, 36

monkey-wrench, 38

monkshood, 29

monnaie, 142

monsieur, 92

Moon, 170

Morel, 181

morion, 199

Morris, 174

morris dance, 49

morris pike, 49

mosaic, 168

mosquito, 39, 59

Mother Carey's chicken, 36

mouchoir, 99

moustique, 59

Moxon, 172

muckinder, 99

muguet, 148

mulberry, 58

mulligrubs, 35

Mullins, 175

mungo, 190

Muenze, 142

mure, 58

mushroom, 56

musk, 148

musket, 38

muslin, 47

mustang, 23

Musters, 175

mutande, 99

mystery, 159

Naegele, 91

namby-pamby, 70

Napier, 57, 182

napkin, 57

nappe, 57

Nash, 114

naunt, 114

nausea, 6

nave, 153

navvy, 68

navy, 153

nectar, 6

nectarine, 6

Ned, 114

Neddy, 36

negromancie, 131

negus, 40

neighbour, 84, n. 1

Neil, 171

Nelke, 91

Nell, 114

newt, 114

nice, 80

nickel, 44

nickname, 114

nickum, 45

nickumpoop, 45

Nicodeme, 45

nicotine, 40

niddering, 15

nincompoop, 45

ninny, 45

ninnyhammer, 45

niveau, 58

noddy, 45

noddypeak, 45

noix gauge, 152

Nokes, 114

Noll, 114

nonce, 114

Norfolk Howard, 180

Norman, 185

Norris, 174

Norroy, 174

nostrum, 4

Nowell, 172

Nugent, 173

nuncheon, 124

nuncle, 114

nurse, 174

nut, 188

nutmeg, 148

Nutter, 179

nux, 188

object, 105

obligation, 3

obvious, 105

odium, 4

odsbodikins, 65

ogle, 110

ogre, 204

oignon, 95

oiseau de Saint Martin, 37

Old Nick, 44

omelet, 136

omen, 4

omnibus, 5

onion, 91, n. 1

Onslow, 182

orange, 31

oreste, 132

oriel, 58

orlop, 18

orrery, 40

orteil, 132

ortolan, 33

oseille, 162

ostler, 55, 164

ounce, 114

pad, 167

padder, 167

padding, 96

Padgett, 172

padrastro, 25

paj, 66

paladin, 139

Palatine, 139

palaver, 26

pallet, 156

Palliser, 177

Pall Mall, 166, n. 2

palmer, 33

Palsgrave, 139

palsy, 61

Pam, 69

pamphlet, 41

pandy, 5

pantaloons, 44

pantry, 165

Panzer, 156

paper, 86

parable, 26

parbleu, 65

parchment, 49

parish, 61, 150

Parker, 177

Parkin, 171

parley, 26

parmaceti, 186

parmesan, 186

Parminter, 177

Parnell, 172

parole, 26

parrot, 36

parse, 5

parson, 145

Partlet, 36

partridge, 61

Pascal, 172

Pascoe, 172

pasquinade, 41

pastern, 76

past master, 106

Patch, 181

patch, 8

pathos, 6

patten, 117

patter, 69

paume, 10

pauper, 4

Pav, 66

pawn, 160

pay, 160

Payn, 181

paynim, 77

pea, 116

peach, 49, 62

peajacket, 135

peal, 62

Pearce, 181

pecunia, 143

pedigree, 77, 123

Peel, 173

pelargonium, 30

pelerin, 58

Pelissier, 176

pen, 167

pencil, 167

Pennefather, 180

Pentecost, 172

penthouse, 125

peon, 160

perch, 87

periwig, 63, n. 2

periwinkle, 128

Perkin, 171

Perrot, 36

person, 145

pert, 80

peruse, 195

pester, 76, 167

Peterchen, 42

petrel, 36

petronel, 197

Pettifer, 77

Pettigrew, 77

petty, 80

pew, 8

Pfalz, 139

Phillimore, 175

Philpot, 171

Physick, 170

pickaback, 71

pick-axe, 126

Pickard, 173

pie, 37

piebald, 38

pierrot, 36

pig-iron, 38

Pilcher, 176

pilgrim, 58

pinchbeck, 40

Pinder, 177

pine-apple, 32

pion, 160

pips, 102

plain, 81

plaudit, 5

Playfair, 181

plover, 99

pluck, 83

pocket, 97, n.

pocket-handkerchief, 98

Pocock, 181

Poidevin, 173

pointe, 66

poison, 91

poke, 97

polecat, 165

polka, 49

Pollock, 174

Poll parrot, 36

polonaise, 50

polony, 49

pomander, 57

pomcitron, 32

pomegranate, 32

Pomeranze, 31

Pomeroy, 174

pomme de pin, 32

ponder, 1

Pope Joan, 129

porcelain, 39

porcupine, 32

porpoise, 32

porridge, 118

port, 51

portcullis, 154

porter, 81, n.

Portugee, 116

Portwine, 173, n. 3

Poslett, 169

Posnett, 169

possum, 64

posthumous, 126

post-mortem, 4

posy, 145

potence, 40

Potz, 65

pouce, 87

Pouille, 114

poulterer, 63

pounce, 108

pouncet-box, 108

pourboire, 91

Power, 181

power, 9

pow-wow, 14

Poyser, 176

prayer, 74

premises, 6

premisses, 6

premium, 4

prentice, 63, 106

prepense, 1

preposterous, 129, n.

press-gang, 130

Prester John, 92, n. 2

Priddle, 175, n. 1

priest, 92

primrose, 125

proctor, 61

pub, 66

pudding, 74

puisne, 80

pun, 66

punch, 94, n.

pundigrion, 66

pundit, 94, n.

Punjaub, 94, n.

puny, 80

Purcell, 180

purley, 124

purlieu, 123

purloin, 186

pursy, 126

purview, 4

Puy de Dome, 8

puzzle, 64

python, 6

pyx, 6, 127

quaint, 78

quair, 146

quarrel, 161

quarry, 160

quarto, 6

quean, 82

querry, 134

query, 5

quilt, 137

quince, 119

quintal, 21

quire, 146

quirry, 134

quirt, 24

quorum, 6

rack, 155

radius, 4

raiment, 61

rampart, 121

ramper, 121

ranch, 23

rank, 23

rappee, 9

Read, 181

Reader, 178

reasty, 79

reata, 24

rebus, 5

recreant, 127

recruit, 64

redstart, 117

Reed, 181

Reeder, 178

Regenpfeifer, 99

Regenschirm, 64, n.

Reginald, 36

rehearse, 106

Reid, 181

reine Claude, 32

reist, 79

relent, 3

remainder, 9

remnant, 9

Renard, 35

rendre, 122

renegade, 127

requiem, 5

restive, 79

revel, 141

revelly, 10

Reynold, 36

Rich, 172

Rick, 172

Rittersporn, 29

rival, 3

Rob, 172

rob, 148

robe, 148

Robin, 91

robin, 37

Rocinante, 177

romance, 74

Ronald, 36

rosemary, 125

rossignol, 42

roster, 18

rote, 176

rouncy, 177

Rouse, 181

rouse, 117

row, 117

Rudge, 181

rudimentary, 105

rum, 68

rummage, 76

runagate, 127

Runciman, 177

Russell, 181

rusty, 79

sabotage, 11

Sacheverell, 182

sack, 116, n. 1

sake, 2

saker, 38

salade, 199

salary, 3

salet, 199

Salmon, 181

salt-cellar, 135

salver, 123

salvo, 123

samite, 149

samphire, 35

sample, 64

Samt, 149

sandwich, 39

Sandy, 70

Sankt Peters Vogel, 36

Saragossa, 51

sarcenet, 47

sardine, 48

Sarg, 140

Sargent, 145

sash, 158

sassafras, 30

satire, 93

saveloy, 136

saxifrage, 30

scabbard, 164

scallion, 48

scaramouch, 64, n., 142

scavenger, 84

schedule, 93

scheitern, 97

Schemel, 107

schirmen, 64, n.

Schoentierlein, 92

school, 56, 162

scintilla, 4

scion, 111

scissors, 127

score, 89

scrimer, 64, n.

scrimmage, 64, n., 142

Scriven, 178

scroll, 93

scruple, 87

scull, 162

scullery, 43

scullion, 43

'sdeath, 65

seal, 133

sea-lion, 32

sear, 162

search, 57

secretary, 34

sedan, 52

seel, 133

seesaw, 70

sehr, 168

Seide, 27

seigneur, 92

Sekt, 116, n. 1

selig, 45

sendal, 47

seneschal, 92

senior, 4

sennet, 153

senor, 92

sentinel, 102

sentry, 102

sepoy, 146

seraglio, 132

serge, 27

sergeant, 148

serpent, 38

servant, 148

service-tree, 129

Seward, 179

sexton, 61

Seymour, 169

shalloon, 47

shallop, 55

shallot, 48

shambles, 106

shame-faced, 125

shark, 33

shawm, 24

shay, 116

Sheepshanks, 77

sherbet, 146

sherry, 51, 116

shift, 99

shilly-shally, 70

ship, 105

shirk, 33

shirt, 150

short, 150

shrapnel, 39

shrew, 34

shrewd, 34

shrive, 74

shrub, 146

sieur, 92

signor, 92

silhouette, 40

silk, 27

silly, 45

silly Johnny, 45

Sinclair, 169

sinister, 3

sir, 92

sire, 92, 142, n.

sirloin, 191

sirup, 146

Sisson, 172

sizar, 62

size, 62

sjambok, 26

skate, 117

skeeter, 65

sketch, 18, 22

skew, 64

skinker, 124, n. 2

skipper, 17

skirmish, 61, 64, n., 142

skirt, 150

slave, 22

slim, 20

Sloper, 178

slow-worm, 99

slug, 94, n.

slug-horn, 14

smock, 99

smug, 81

snap, 18

snapdragon, 29

snaphaunce, 198

snapsack, 18

snark, 16

snickersnee, 70

Snooks, 170

soccer, 66

solder, 154

soldier, 154

Soeldner, 154

solemn, 140

sorrel, 162

sorrow, 168

sorry, 168

soudard, 154

souillon, 43

souse, 120

sovereign, 122, n. 1

spade, 78

spahi, 146

span, 87

spaniel, 49

sparagus, 66

sparrow-grass, 125

spatula, 78

spec', 67

species, 140

spence, 165

Spencer, 65, 165

spencer, 39, 188

spice, 64, 140

Spicer, 175

spick and span, 107

spinning-jenny, 42

Spitalfields, 64

spite, 65

Spittlegate, 64

splay, 65

sponge, 56

Spoonerism, 60

sport, 65

sprightly, 122, n. 1

sprite, 64

Sproessling, 111

spruce, 48

squarson, 66

squire, 64

stable, 56

stage, 64

staid, 101

stain, 65

stale, 101

stance, 143

staniel, 202

stank, 26

stanza, 143

starboard, 121

stationer, 63, n. 1

Steckenpferd, 91

Steinbrech, 30

steingall, 202

Steppdecke, 137

sterling, 79

stevedore, 76, n.

steward, 90

Stewart, 90

stickler, 75, 172, n. 2

still-room, 165

stimulus, 4

Stoddart, 179

stomacher, 156

stone, 87

stonegall, 202

Storchschnabel, 29

stortelli, 144

stout, 81

stranded, 97

stun, 106

sullen, 140

Summerfield, 175

Sumner, 176

supercilious, 3

surcease, 126

surly, 92

surplice, 176, n.

surround, 164

Surtees, 172

swank, 203

sward, 84

sweet William, 30

sympathy, 2

synopsis, 6

syrup, 146

tabby, 47

taffrail, 126

taint, 64

talisman, 22

tallage, 134

tally, 88

talon, 9

Tammany, 14

tandem, 4

tank, 26

tankard, 59

tansy, 30

tantalise, 41

tante, 70

tarantella, 50

tarantula, 50

tartan, 19, 47

tassel, 163

'tater, 66

tattoo, 18, 162

tawdry, 65

tease, 12

teasel, 12

'tec, 65

teetotaller, 6

teetotum, 6

Telford, 182

'tench, 65

tender, 64

tenet, 4

tennis, 10

tent, 163

tenter-hooks, 154

termagant, 46

test, 106

testy, 79

tetchy, 163

tete, 106

thimble, 61

Thoroughgood, 170

Tibbet, 171

Tibert, 36

tick, 67

tidbit, 123

tiddlebat, 172, n. 2

'Tilda, 70

Tillet, 171

Tillotson, 172

tilt, 108

tinnunculus, 100

tinsel, 59

tire, 63

tit, 123

titbit, 123

titmouse, 123

tittlebat, 172, n. 2

tittle-tattle, 70

'Tizer, 69

tobacco, 194

toby jug, 44

tocsin, 152

Todhunter, 177

toils, 108

tolle Buchen, 129

tomtit, 37

Tono-Bungay, 16

Toogood, 170

Tooley St., 65

touchy, 163

tousle, 12

Towser, 12

toy, 18

Tozer, 12

trace, 118

tram, 191

traveller's joy, 30

treacle, 75

trellis, 148

trepan, 109

tret, 144

trews, 117

tribunal, 4

Trinkgeld, 91

tripod, 140

tripos, 140

trivet, 139

trivial, 3

trouble, 59

Troublefield, 175

trousers, 117

trove, 61, 101

troy, 50

truce, 119

trump, 9

Trumper, 177

tuberose, 125

Tucker, 178

tucket, 153

tuck of drum, 153

tulip, 147

turban, 147

turkey, 52

Turney, 171

turnip, 95

tweeny, 92

tweezers, 120

twill, 148

Tybalt, 36

umber, 152

umbrella, 152

umpire, 113

uncouth, 2

Underhill, 172

undertaker, 63, n. 1

unkempt, 2

unseal, 133

upholder, 178

upholsterer, 63

usher, 90

usquebaugh, 68

utterance, 163

vagabond, 168

vagrant, 168

Valais, 152

vambrace, 62

vamose, 10

vamp, 61

van, 62, 69

vane, 58

vanguard, 62

varech, 55

Varney, 174, n. 1

'varsity, 69

varsovienne, 50

vaunt, 194

vauntcourier, 62

Veck, 175, n. 2

vedette, 104

vellum, 56

veneer, 147

venew, 123

veney, 123

venom, 56

venue, 124

verdigris, 129

verheeren, 2

Verney, 174, n. 1

verse, 143

vertugadin, 137

vet, 66

veto, 4

Vick, 175, n. 2

victoria, 39

videlicet, 4

vie, 65

vigie, 103

vignette, 81

viking, 168

villa, 150

villain, 150

vinegar, 80

viva-voce, 4

viz., 4

voile, 117

voltaism, 40

vril, 16, n.

wafer, 78

wag, 67

Wait, 176

waits, 76

Wales, 151

Walker, 178

Wallachia, 151

wallet, 59

Wallis, 152

Walloon, 151

walnut, 151

Ward, 179

warison, 14

Warner, 176

Wat, 36

wattle, 59

weed, 2

week-end, 12

Weenen, 31

weir, 64, n.

wellington, 39

wench, 82

wergild, 142

wheatear, 117

wheel, 189

whisky, 63, n. 2, 68

white feather, 108

Whittaker, 175

Whittier, 177

wig, 69

Wilmot, 171

wipe, 66

wire, 66

wiseacre, 128

wistaria, 31

witch-elm, 128

worsted, 48

write, 74

Wyatt, 171

Xeres, 51

yacht, 18

Yankee, 116

yard, 87

yare, 95

Ysopet, 41

zany, 45

Zentner, 21

zero, 147

zest, 112

Zettel, 93

zigzag, 70

zijde, 27

Zins, 134

Zoo, 66

zounds, 65

Zwiebel, 95

Zwilch, 148



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Transcriber's Endnotes:

The text remains as printed, with the following exceptions:

Page 60. Chapter V. "colonets" amended to colonnettes. "... but to the bulging colonnettes on which it rests."

Page 174. Chapter XII. "Northener" amended to Northerner. "... may stand for le Noreis, the Northerner."

Page 177. Chapter XII. "palissades" amended to palisades. "... maker of palings and palisades ..."

Page 222. Index. "sire, 92, 131, n." amended to sire, 92, 142, n.

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